Halloween gyarus

Back in the present, Okisato scowled as he stared at his phone. "In 2014 just after the Winter Olympics ended, 5 athletes, all women, went missing. Of the 5, only two later turned up dead, Miyako Suwabe and Milady Shaw. A third corpse was found, but was unable to be identified on the spot, but later was as Mina Kowalski, who also went missing. However, she didn't raise eyebrows as she told viewers via her Ewetube channel that she'd be gone for a while. Imono... So that was Mina's handle name," he thought.

An idea popped into his head.

"What if they have games in the WWCF database..."

First, he went with Mina, but nothing came up. The same was true for Miyako and Milady. Esther was also a blank, however, when he tried looking up Arina and Lowri, he got something odd.

""Arina Miyakova"? It says she's a registered player but has only played a select number of opponents, most of which being unknowns. However, they're all Russian names. And one of the people they played... is Svetlana... Early in Svetlana's chess career, or at least some of the first games she played upon joining the WWCF. Hmm..."

Paying the bill, Okisato headed for the secret puzzle cafe instead of heading out. Once there, he approached Rodeo.

"Think you could request they air the Sochi Olympics afterparty chess game on the chess channel here?" he asked.

Rodeo scowled silently.

"Is it beyond your power, or do you just not like me?"

Rodeo let out a low growl as he retreated to the back, returning a few seconds later with Daria.

"Hmm? Want to request something be aired on the chess channel? Oh, then you just need to beat our TV techie in a simple mating puzzle," Daria smiled.

"And who might that be?"

"Me! Me!" a bald and browless girl with spraytanned skin clad in shorts, sneakers, and a bra top smiled as she appeared from behind Daria.

"This here is Kazamatsuri Kuragi, she's our resident techie," Daria smiled.

"1000 elo, but I know how to smelt some circuits. Oh, and my name's so long, you can just call me, Kuragi or KK," Kuragi proudly huffed as she gave her breasts a light jiggle.

"So I need to beat you in a game in order to have my content request fulfilled?" Okisato asked.

"Yup, and consent to being filmed playing me for the TV challenge."

"I accept.

Once the board was set up, the game began with Okisato moving his pawn to e4 and KK moving her pawn to e5. Next came knight f3, then knight c6, knight c3, and of course, knight f6, setting things up for the Halloween Gambit, which Okisato played by capturing the pawn at e5 with his knight.

"Wow, like, normally I'd say I'd shave my head if I lost to something like this, but I totes had my head n' eyebrows shaved n' waxed off already. Eh, guess I'll just lather up n' give you a glimpse of my daily beauty routine if you win," KK winked as she captured the knight at e5 with her knight.

"What about your eyelashes?" Okisato asked as he moved his pawn to d4.

"Oh, fake. Hey, when they say peak femininity means rockin' sneakers n' shaving your head n brows, encouraged to pluck out the eyelashes, any girl worth her salt goes the full enchilada like Mizuse Niimi did. Don't matter if she said just bald n' browless be peak. She plucked the lashes, I pluck the lashes n' wear fakes for the long lash look," KK grinned as she moved her knight to g6.

Okisato prepared himself as he moved his pawn to e5, resulting in the expected knight to g8 from KK. He then moved his bishop to c4, but then KK proved her 1000 elo credentials by moving her knight to h6, allowing Okisato to capture it with his bishop.

"Just a trading," KK snickered as she captured the bishop at h6 with her g-pawn.

Okisato moved his queen to f3, yet to his surprise and delight, KK responded to it by moving her pawn to b5.

"Checkmate. The shaving's a bonus to fulfilling the TV request, correct?" Okisato asked as he captured the pawn at f7 with his queen, winning the game.

"Yup, you get a treat since I'm a flirty girl," KK grinned as she whipped a can of shaving cream out of her cleavage and lathered up her head, face, and exposed skin before whipping out a TV remote and pressing a button on it. "It'll air in a few, so in the meantime, enjoy," she giggled as she pulled out a safety razor and began shaving herself.

As she did, a woman with long blue hair clad in a blue jumpsuit and sneakers strutted out of the back along with a woman with medium-length bleached blonde hair clad in a gray suit and white sneakers and a woman with a red mullet clad in fishnet attire and black sneakers.

"What are you doing before Jouzou?" the red-haired woman scowled.

"This ain't him, it's his look-alike," KK replied.

"Ah, yes. Though he seems to be enjoying watching you shave yourself," the blue-haired woman giggled.

"Maybe I should get a shave too on the spot," the blonde-haired woman giggled.

"Oh, these three are my gyaru pals. Mirai's got the blue hair, Ai the red hair, and Hanabi's the one on the same bleached blonde to bald beauty route like me," KK grinned as she finished the shaving and began encasing herself in wax.

"That's correct. Hanabi Nanatsugi. CEO of a small 4-gyaru tech company," Hanabi smiled as she sat down and crossed her legs.

"They're the techies. I just got roped in for the paperwork," Ai grumbled as Mirai began shaving Hanabi bald.

"Uh, why are you shaving?" Okisato asked as his nose began bleeding more intently.

"Cuz you look like a guy I like and I wanna play with your heart," Hanabi giggled as her head and eyebrows were lathered with shaving cream.

"Hmm, then I think we all gotta go bald and browless," Mirai giggled as she began buzzing her own head.

"Um, no," Ai glared.

In the end though, Ai Akahage was shaved bald and browless like her friends.

"And now the lovely Mirai Fujiwara is bald before you," Mirai giggled as she seductively stroked her now smooth bald head.

"Only you could giggle like that after shaving and waxing your head and eyebrows bald," Ai snarled.

As for Okisato, he was struggling to remain conscious.

"Think you're overloading him," Daria nervously chuckled.

"Eh, he'll perk up again when his thing airs," KK shrugged.

"Still, wonder where Jouzou is," Hanabi frowned as she blushed and rubbed her smooth bald head.

...

In the restaurant portion of Ryokoma, a boy that bore a striking resemblance to Okisato sneezed. This was Jouzou Hiroto, the gyarus' big love interest.

"Where did the gyarus go?" Jouzou mumbled as he wiped his nose.

The full game:

White: Okisato Tanabe (2830) Black: Kazamatsuri Kuragi (1008)

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 Nc6

3. Nc3 Nf6

4. Nxe5 Nxe5

5. d4 Ng6

6. e5 Ng8

7. Bc4 Nh6

8. Bxh6 gxh6

9. Qf3 b5

10. Qxf7#